Trump is 'the president of peace' — no institute needed

Most employees at the US Institute of Peace, which was created and funded by Congress, have received layoff notices, NBC reports.

USIP was on the "kill list" of Trump's executive order to eliminate federal bureaucracy.

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❗️ Syria announces new government - what has changed?

🔶 Key ministers, including the foreign, interior and defense ministers, retained their posts in Syria's new interim government.

🔶 Ex-Prime Minister Mohammed Bashir was appointed Minister of Energy.

🔶 Syria's new cabinet includes only one woman - former opposition politician Hind Kabawat, who became minister of social affairs and labor.

🔶 Two new ministries have appeared in the new government - the Ministry of Emergencies and Disasters and the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

🔶 Speaking after the swearing-in ceremony, FM Asaad Shaibani promised to "open Syria to the world and restore its status".

"The new Syrian government will be a government of change and construction, and we will focus on protecting citizens," said Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

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🚨 "We'll get Greenland. Yeah, 100%," Trump told NBC News in a new interview

He noted there's a "good possibility that we could do it without military force", but he's not taking "anything off the table."

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👎 Trump says he will not fire anyone from the Signal chat

"All I can tell you is it’s just a witch hunt, and it's the only thing the press wants to talk about, because you have nothing else to talk about," he told NBC News.

The White House previously blamed the Signalgate on Democrats and the Biden administration.

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🚀 SpaceX prepares for first crewed polar launch

As part of the Fram2 mission, a four-person team will board a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday to orbit the Earth's poles, something that has never been attempted in 64 years of manned spaceflight.

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🔍Washington’s Pacific playbook: Pentagon chief calls Japan ‘cornerstone of peace’ as US turns region into POWDER KEG

Pete Hegseth, who arrived in Japan from the Philippines as part of his debut visit to Asia, vowed that Japan would be “on the front lines of any contingency we might face in the western Pacific.”

He repeated the go-to narrative that China’s actions were allegedly "aggressive and coercive" in the region.

✅In effect, the US continues to push to make Japan a frontline force, with its key Asian ally already hosting:

🟠around 50,000 US military personnel,
🟠squadrons of fighter squadrons,
🟠America’s only forward deployed aircraft carrier strike group.
🟠The USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is homeported at Yokosuka Naval Base and operates under the US 7th Fleet.

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🇭🇺Hungary considers strikes on energy infrastructure an attack on sovereignty – Szijjarto

As the Ukrainians have attacked the Druzhba pipeline, Hungary has witnessed disruptions in the oil deliveries, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

The minister welcomed the agreement on the mutual renunciation of strikes on energy facilities by Russia and Ukraine, noting that the list includes infrastructure through which Russian oil and gas are supplied to Hungary.

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